Ken (SSBU)/Neutral aerial

Hitbox visualization showing Ken's neutral aerial.

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Update History

2.0.0

• Neutral aerial auto-cancels earlier (frame 34 → 28), matching the move's interruptibility. This allows it to autocancel from a short hop.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Rehit rate	Damage	SD	Angle	Angle type	BK	KS	FKV	Set weight	Radius	Bone	Offset			H×	SDI×	T%	Clang	Rebound	Effect	Type	G	A	Sound	Direct	Hit bits	Hit part	Blockable	Reflectable	Absorbable	Flinchless	No GFX	Heedless
Clean hit
0	0	0	6.5%	0		Forward	20	100	0		2.5	top	0.0	7.5 to 8.0	10.5 to 3.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%							Ken Kick		All	All
1	0	0	8.0%	0		Forward	20	100	0		2.5	top	0.0	5.5	-0.7 to -3.5	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Ken Kick		All	All
Late hit
0	0	0	4.0%	0		Forward	20	90	0		2.0	top	0.0	7.5 to 8.0	10.5 to 3.0	1.2×	1.0×	0%							Ken Kick		All	All
1	0	0	6.5%	0		Forward	20	90	0		2.0	top	0.0	5.5	-0.7 to -3.5	1.5×	1.0×	0%							Ken Kick		All	All

Timing

Attack

Canceling into a special move or Final Smash is only possible upon hitting an opponent and after hitlag is over.

Initial autocancel	1
Clean hit	6-8
Late hit	9-17
Special and Final Smash cancel window	6-15
Ending autocancel	28-
Interruptible	28
Animation length	34

Hitboxes
Autocancel
Special/FS cancel

Landing lag

Interruptible	6
Animation length	8

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Hitbox change

Autocancel

Interruptible

Trivia

• Along with Ryu's neutral aerial, this move has the shortest landing animation of any aerial attack in Ultimate, with only 8 frames.

Ken's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · 3) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back) · Floor attack (trip) · Floor getups (trip)
Edge attack · Edge getups
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special · Command input (cmd1 · cmd2) · Final Smash